hiatus

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin hiatus, the past participle of hiare (to stand open, yawn).

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Singular
hiatus

Plural
hiatus or hiatuses

hiatus (plural hiatus or hiatuses)

  1. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
  2. (linguistics)
    1. A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
    2. The condition of having such a break.
      Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.
  3. A gap in geological strata.
  4. (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
    Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
  5. An interruption, break or pause.
  6. A vacation, break from work.

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hiatus

  1. (linguistics) A hiatus (syllable break between two vowels).
  2. (anatomy) A hiatus (opening in an organ).

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Latin hiatus, from hiare (to stand open).

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hiatus m. (plural hiatus)

  1. A hiatus, gap
  2. A hiatus, in the linguistic sense

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hiatus

The past participle of hiare

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hiatus (genitive hiatus) m.

  1. A hiatus, opening, gap

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